Purpose: The Druze community is characterized by consanguinity and endogamy, and by reluctance to genetic testing and technological interventions for the prevention of birth defects. Multiple ...

The Druze community of the Golan Heights, numbering ≈22 000 individuals, resides in just four villages and is currently the most geographically isolated Druze group.

The Arabic-speaking Druze community straddles the border between two countries—and, like Israel, fears Islamists.

Majdal Shams is a Druze town. Here is a quick look at the community at the centre of the attack: Who are the Druze? The Druze are an ethnoreligious minority that largely identifies as Arab and is ...

In Israel, the Druze community is also unique in that many serve in the Israel Defense Forces, a distinction from some other Arab communities. They have a complex relationship there, ...

Israeli soldiers stand guard as Druze men demonstrate in solidarity with the Syrian Druze community, near the border barrier in the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on April 30, 2025.

The community mostly lives in the area of Suwayda, a city in an area called Jebel Druze or the Hauran. This area is located in southern Syria near the Jordanian border.

Deadly Attacks on Syria’s Small Druze Community Are Part of a Bigger Fight. Close-knit ethnic group is caught in a struggle between the new government, local militias and Israel.

Israel’s tiny Druze community punches above its weight to help From presenting Israel’s case to Arab world to sewing army gear, cooking for soldiers, and supporting evacuees from border zones ...

The Druze community in southern Syria has been thrust into the spotlight by recent events. The community mostly lives in the area of Suwayda, a city in an area called Jebel Druze or the Hauran.

Syrian Druze community pleas for int'l assistance as sectarian violence continues "We no longer trust the body that calls itself a government," Hakmat Al-Hajeri, a leader in Syria’s Druze ...